Hacking News

A ransomware attack that closed off access to personal and shared drives at University College London last week has been linked to a malvertising campaign spreading Mole, a variant of CryptoMix ransomware. Kafeine, a white-hat who works for Proofpoint and is known for his research into exploit kits, said in a report published today that […]

Anyone who has ever played a team sport understands the importance of two key tenets when it comes to winning: practice makes perfect, and your team is only as strong as its weakest player. The same can be said as they relate to mitigating the insider threat, one of the most pressing IT security and

The average cost per data breach is now $3.62 million worldwide, marking a 10% drop from the $4 million average cost-per-breach in 2016. This marks the first time data breach cost has decreased overall since IBM created its Cost of Data Breach report, which was published June 20. The good news, unfortunately, doesn’t apply to

Data leakage and corruption haunt iOS and Android mobile apps the most, a new study shows. Read more

Italy’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday it was investigating a hacking attempt, after a group calling itself Anonymous published what it said was stolen ministry data. A site called cyberguerrilla.org carried a blog post titled “Foreign Affairs Ministry You Have Been Hacked” addressed to Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano and the head of the national magistrates

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson reportedly has a three-point plan to both improve relations and work with Russia, one of which includes facing global threats posed by the Syrian civil war, the proliferation of North Korea’s missile and defense program and a third that could seem strange to some: Cybersecurity and cyber-espionage. Read more

U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence pressed Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security John Kelly in a letter on Tuesday to publicly disclose any foreign attempts to hack or interfere in the 2016 U.S. elections. Read more

TODAY MARKS THE MOST EXPENSIVE HOUSE ELECTION IN HISTORY, with more than $50 million spent on a battle royale between veteran GOP operative Karen Handel and Democratic newcomer Jon Ossoff. With the nation’s eyes upon Georgia’s 6th congressional district, one would hope for a baseline guarantee of electoral integrity. Read more

Azam Ahmed: One morning earlier this year, I got a call from Mario E. Patrón, a prominent human rights lawyer in Mexico. He wanted to talk in person. When he arrived at The New York Times’s Mexico bureau, he took a seat in the conference room and asked me for my phone. He then collected

When one of Australia’s richest people, mining billionaire Andrew Forrest, went public in 2015 with the admission that he had been cyber-hacked, it was a stark reminder that no one is safe, Despite the tycoon presumably having state-of-the-art cybersecurity measures in place, hackers managed to rip off $615,000 as it was being digitally transferred between